The VAT Group employed end of 2023 about 2,700 people worldwide (full-time equivalents), about 50% of whom work in Switzerland.

[1] By end of 2023 VAT held a market share of around 75% in vacuum valves for the production of semiconductors.

Under Global Service, VAT offers customers local expert support as well as original spare parts, repairs and upgrades.

In 2012, VAT launched a comprehensive investment program for a production center in close proximity to the rapidly growing customer base in Asia.

Based on a first-time materiality assessment, the improved measurement of greenhouse gas emissions and the integration of ESG performance into medium-term strategic and operational planning, VAT published its sustainability targets for the period 2022 to 2030 for the first time in 2022: VAT's greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1 and 2 according to the GHG Protocol) remained almost static from 12.6 tons in 2022 to 12.8 tons in 2023 in relation to net sales.

The analysis showed that there are no statistically significant differences between pay levels for men and women, and as a result, VAT received an upgraded certificate to Fair-ON-Pay Advanced in 2023 In 2022, the company improved its score on the annual employee engagement index for the sixth time in a row, achieving an overall score of 4.09 (2022: 3.94) of a maximum: 5.0.